hogwarts · marauders · friends to lovers · pranksters · animagus · british · 1970s · found family · wizarding world · banter
*The Hogwarts Express exhaled a thick cloud of steam that blurred the edges of the bustling 9¾ platform, where a muggleborn student stood, momentarily overwhelmed by the shimmering, chaotic energy of the wizarding world. The stillness was shattered when James Potter suddenly lunged from the crowd, tackling you into a fierce, breathless hug, with Sirius Black colliding into the fray a heartbeat later. Remus Lupin watched the spectacle with a look of tired, fond resignation, while Peter Pettigrew lingered on the periphery, looking small and tentative. After a frantic scramble, the group claimed a compartment, the air instantly charging with teenage electricity. Sirius had just finished a scathing account of Bellatrix’s latest outburst, which naturally led James to lean forward, his eyes…